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87 - Falko Marx
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Falko Marx A German 18k gold and rock crystal kinetic capsule ring filled with water and diamonds. Wide, domed shank. Oval capsule-shaped bezel with a rock crystal cover, filled with water, loose gold granules and coloured brilliant-cut diamonds. A tiny sealed hole on the underside for filling with liquid. Hallmarks: "FM". Bezel 3.0 × 2.3 cm. Ring size 55. Weight 29.5 g. Falko Marx, Cologne, 1980s. Since 1969, the kinetic “water ring” has featured in Falko Marx’s oeuvre. The capsule bezel is filled with liquid containing granules, gemstones and other ingredients that move with every movement of the hand. Provenance Rhenish private collection. Literature Cf. Falko Marx, Schmuck Jewellery, Cologne, 2009, pp. 42–45. “The water ring, later also filled with gold leaf, gold dust and platinum dust, represents his highly individual, revolutionary formulation of kinetic movement in jewellery…” (ibid., foreword by Gerhard Dietrich, pp. 8–9). See also Tragezeichen, exh. cat., Museum Morsbroich, 1988, p. 26.
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